2020-21 Travel Bursary
Applications for the 2021-22 academic year will be available after the June 2021 half-term.
The College 16-19 Discretionary Bursary Fund 2020-21. Enrolled students may apply for financial assistance for help with the cost of transport. The following guidelines apply:
- If the student's family are in receipt of means tested benefits or on a household income up to £25,000 per year, the student may be awarded a grant of up to 75% towards the cost of transport.
- Proof of household income and any benefits must accompany the application; without this you will not be eligible.
- Live more than 2 miles walking distance from college (please use Google maps).
It may be possible to provide financial assistance towards trips/books/equipment. Please make a note of subject expenses in the online application. Exact costings will need to be emailed to Student Services once student's have enrolled and started their course(s).
All applications must provide evidence of ONE of the following in the form of scanned PDF documents. For help with scanning evidence please see here.
- ALL PAGES of your household's Tax Credit award notice (TC602) dated 2020.
- THREE most recent Universal Credit statements each showing the net monthly earnings/ take home pay (e.g. if applying in July 2020 the three most recent statements will be April, May and June 2020).
- An income assessed benefit letter dated within the past three months AND a current bank statement indicating the benefit payment (please highlight the relevant payment where possible). For example; Job Seekers Allowance, Income Support and Employment and Support Allowance. Income assessed benefits do not include; Personal Independence payment (PIP), Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Child Benefit and Carers Allowance.
- For self-employment; an accountants letter stating projected earnings for 2020-21 OR all pages of your HMRC SA302 certificate for the tax year ending 5 April 2019.
- If not eligible for one of the above you must provide a Council Tax Bill (or Tenancy Agreement) AND three months wage slips AND a recent P60 for each adult in the household.
